Volubly
['vɔljubli]
Examples
- You must not be angry with me, my friend, he said volubly; I am like a child, and grow bad-tempered over nothing. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- A very little encouragement would set that worthy woman to talk volubly and pour out all within her. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- She chatted away volubly, and seemed full of a light-headed sort of satisfaction with herself and her position. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Laws, Missis, said Jane, volubly, Mrs. General Derbennon wore just this very thing, after the General died, last summer; it makes up lovely! Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- She affected to sneeze again, declared she was enrhumée, and then proceeded volubly to recount her courses en fiacre. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- The auctioneer sees his advantage, and expatiates volubly in mingled French and English, and bids rise in rapid succession. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- The little boy chattered volubly in French too. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- So situated, she was powerless to check Jo, who seemed possessed by a spirit of mischief, and talked away as volubly as the lady. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
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